Iran Press/West Asia: The ministry statement added that at least 88,241 other people have been injured in the onslaught. "Israeli forces killed 52 people and injured 208 others in four 'massacres' against families in the last 24 hours," the ministry said, noting that 27 of the victims were killed in an airstrike on Al-Awda School in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The ministry warned that "many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them."
Despite a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since the October 7th attack by the Palestinian group Hamas. Nine months into the conflict, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.
Israel now stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.
The escalating violence and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have drawn widespread international condemnation.
